Fixture for self-serving stores



T. D. CRAWFUHU.

FIXTURE .FUR SELF SERVING STORES.

Patented Sept. 13, 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept' 13 1921.

. Application :Bled October 6, 1920. Serial No. 414,962. f

: yTo all whom t may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS DAVID CRAW- VFoRn, a.eitizen of the United States, residingat Hammond, kin the county.of Lake vand State of Indiana, 'have invented, a newand useful UnitType of Fixtures for Self- ServingStores, of which the followingis aspeciication.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved type ofself-serving stores hav ing anovel-unit type of fixtures which per! mitsof the rapid and convenient installation of'the store fixtures withouttheir being nailed to the Walls or floor of the building so that theymay remain the personal prop# erty of the occupant of the store and notbe' i come a part of the realty which would trans fer their `ownershipto the landlord of the v building. It is further myobject to provide `20an improved arrangenientof aisles and improved details of constructionas disclosed.

. in the accompanying drawings, in Which-'- p Figure 1 is a top plan ofa store construct ed in accordance with my invention and of sufficientwidth to providethree main aisles;

Fig. 2 is a transversesection on line'2-2 Fig. 3=is a top'planofmy.invent ion' in-r stalled in a store of relatively narrow width havingonly two main aisles;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged front elevation of the front railing or partitionFig. 5 is a 'front section on line 5-5 of Fi .4;

fasten-ing adjacent units together;

of the shelves .50

Fig. 9 is a transverse vvertical section of the shelving on line 9- 9of'Fig. 8 ;4 Fig. 10 is a horizontal section'- lon line 10;-10of'Fig..8;

ig'. 12 `is a detail perspective viewiofpne l .mounted in the supportlngrack bars;

j Fig.'13I is atop-plan vof afmodifediar-J,

rangement of store units showing the means rangement 7 is ah'orizontalvsection on line 7 3?l Fig. 11 is a detail tOpfpla'n-of ythe shnelvsideelevation ofithe :basket the basket rackgvand Fig. 17 is an enlargeddetail" sectional so view of the trap mechanism for openinggthe entrancedoor to the store aisles.

Like numerals designate like parts in each of the several views. i

Referring to Figs. land 3 of the aooomty panying drawings, I provide -asuitable front railing or partition 2v spaced back a suitable distancefrom the main entrance door 1 of the store building. `This frontpartition or railing is provided with a suit- 7 0 able inwardly openingentrance door 3 which is automatically operated by the weight of thecustomer as he steps on ther trap 4 in front of the door, 'permittinghim to en ter 'andselect a suitable vbasket from 75' thebasket rack 5,and thence pass down the main. entrance aisle 6 to the rear aisle 'Zfrom which he may pass down the outside aisle 9, or if the store is ofthe type shown in Fig. l, down either aisle 9 or central aisle 80 8. Iprovide a iiour bag counter 10 -at the front end of the shelving 19.`Where there is an intermediate aisle 8 I provide a1 passage 11 betweensuch intermediate aisle and the outer aisle 9. Should the store be of 85sufiicient width it is Within the contemplation. of my invention toprovide a plurality of similarjintermediate aisles 8 andpassage- `ways11. -I provide suitable bundle counter 13 adjacent the passageway12which 90A opens into the exit passage 15, leading past the cashiers desk14 to the outwardly swinging door 16.` I provide a suitable openfacerefrigerator 17 from which the clerk at .the counter 13 may obtain .forcustomers articles 95 .theymay select; vI also provide'a table 18forfgeneral use near vthe entrance of the store.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 3, I proa/ide a,

ser-ies 'of shel-vings 20 alongthe sides the 100 store and one or moreseries of shelvings-19 intermediate between the shelvings 20. I

v further provide the rear shelving 2lhaving `,suitable reardoors' 22opening into a stoc room 23 provided with suitable table 24 and .105

other necessary equipment. 4I provide'suitablemirrorsf-25 :mounted onthe:top of the rows of'shelvingsQO/at a suitable angle to 4for` connectingthemv together in such arp-'Vv` p frtedby la Asuitable groovedi-4 i 4 pas shown. The series of intermediate shelv foot rail 26 which is securedto the floor by screws and reinforced by the fioor braces 33 which areattached to the upright posts 27. The posts 27 are provided withvertical channels 26 to receive the frame -portions of the panels 29,which panels are provided with upperscreens 30. I provide ahorizontalrail 31 which isattached by bolts 32 to the upright posts 37.

i Referring to Figs. 8 to 11, illustrating in detail my unitconstruction of shelving, l

provide a series of shelving, each unit contained in laying out theaisles, etc.. and the side shelving 2O will be set away from the wallsthe necessary number of inches to sisting of a rear'w'all 35, side walls34, alf/ maintain the multiple unit measurements of iioor or bottom wall42, and a top 36.. l'

further provide upright rack bars 38 eX- tending the entire verticallength of the inside of the shelving and having suitably spaced notches39 adapted to receive and support the removable cross bars 40 which inturn support the adjustable shelves 41, as shown in Fig. 12. Theseshelves are removable', permitting their arrangement at any desiredheight.

Adjacent units of shelving are secured together longitudinally bysuitable bolts 43,

ings 1,9 are secured back to back by 'suitable U-shaped links 44whichmay benin- :serted in any ofthe correspondingly spaced openings 45as shown in Figs. 9 to 11.

Referring to Fig. 13 provide suitable end clips 46 which may be bent atany desired angle for` securing the ends of shelv, ing units togetherwhere the shelving is ar ranged in semi-circular ior in otherarrangements Where the units of the shelving are disposed at an angle toeach other.

eferring to Figs. 14,1 15 and 16, the basket rack 5 is provided withslatted sides 47 and slatted ends 49 and a slatted bottom 46, and asuitable rack 50.

Referring to Fig. 17 there is illustrated a detail sectional view f thetrap door .4

- which on being depressed lowers and re- 45 leases tir catch 51,permitting the door to be automatically .swung open by the spring (Fig.l). The trap door 4 is maintained in its normally raised anddoor-locking position by the spring 52 which encirclesthe bolt 53,bearing on the washer 54.

The main purpose of my invention is to provide the novel type ofshelvings which are adapted to be readily set up in the manner shown,which are not attached to the walls of theJ building at all and are onlyreleasably attached to the iioors in the manner described, thuspermitting the store fixtures to remain the personal property of the onewho installs them. All units of the shelving are of a like unit size andare pro- `vided with like spaced openings for .their convenientattachment by the .fastening devices 43, 44 and 46 in whatever positionthe shelving may be set. up. The basket bin, the vflour rack, thecoiinter and the front aisles and shelving transversely of the store,thus an aisle will be a certain multiple of the width of the shelving inall instances. il have dispensed with the use of turnstiles as I havefound that a trap door of the type illustrated in my drawings permitsthe use of a narrow entrance passage and at the same time permits themore rapid entry of customers than does a turn stile. For the exitpassage no turnstile is necessary since the customers are undersurveillance of the cashier as they pass out through passage 15. Byproviding the connecting passage 1'1 between main aisles I afford the,customer means of more expeditious passage through the store in case hedoes not care to inspect the entire stock of goods. My shelvings .aredifferent lfrom other sectional cases in that they are all fas tenedtogether by the novel U-shaped links 44 which are readily inserted inthe openings 45, and are equally useful when the units of the shelvingare arranged in staggered arrangement if such arrangement isdesired. Theopenings 45 are disposed about four inches apart, starting about twoinches from theend ofeach unit of shelving. The series of shelvingsillustrated in Fig. 9 are eight inches deep and ten inches high,`whichdimensions are illustrative of what I have found a desirable size ofunit construction. Links 44 are made close enough to bind tightly andare driven in place. Where cases are arranged at an angle to each other,as shown in Fig. 13, their ends are secured together by suitable clips46 and these clips may be flexed to suit any angle at which the casesmay besarranged.

lt is within the .contemplation of my invention to adapt the shelving toan eX- tremely narrow store by arranging the refrigerator 17 the counter13, and the iour rack 10 longitudinally instead of transversely of thelength of the store. The unit type of fixtures described permits of anadaptation of my shelving to any store building regardless of its shapeand permits the utilization of extremely narrow-rooms for theinstallation of self-serving stores.

What I claim is:

1. In store fixtures of the class described, the combination ofduplicate shelving cases,

jacent openings, the openings being s aced a like distance a art, andthe cases ing seeurable back to ack, the desired relation,

- at will. l

2. In 'a unit type of fixtures for Self-serving store, series ofdetachablev shelving -cas 410 cases arranged form aisles for the pas-vsage of customers, said cases being of untar size,- fastening means forsecurlng the en s of alned cases together, independent4 removablefastening means for securing 'intermediate rows of shelving casesyfirmly together back toback, separate doors for the entrance and exit ofcustomers, and all of said doors being a multiple of the size of theTHOMAS DAVID CRAWFORD.

